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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

ONE Of the most shameful incidents in con-
nection with yesterdays revolutionary pro-
ceedings in the Senate was to introduce the
holy Offices of religion at time when the eff
feet was to trample upon the legal rights of
men who were endeavoring to assert them
against brute force. To ask prayer at such a
time and under such circumstances was a
blasphemous prostitution of worship. We
cannot think for moment that Bishop Knck-
erbacker would have consented to the role he
enacted had he been acquainted with the
aotc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
WHISKY DID IT.

Whenever railroad accident like that on
the Baltimore & Ohio occurs, the PRESS Of the
country bewails the fact that the heating
apparatus of trains is not better arranged and
calls for inventors to devise schemes whereby
cars can be prevented from telescoping The
machinery of railroads is far from being per-
feet, and improvements in many of the me-
chanical appliances of trains are highly de-
sirable; but the disaster near Tiffin waa not
the result of defective brakes, or broken
rails or improper management of the cars
containing the passengers who were killed
The lesson taught by this calamity is not
one in mechanism, but in temperance
Accounts agree in saying that the
engineer of the freight train was
intoxicated. This man is directly re-
sponsible Cor the horrible deaths of an un-
known number Of people. Almost as guilty
are the managers of the road who permit
drinking men to remain in their employ.
There is a growing sentiment among all classes
of business men against retaining employees
who are addicted to dissipation, and many
refuse to do so on the ground that it is un-
profitable. When. as in the case of railway
business, such men are a cause of danger to
travellers their retention is positively criminal.
A few roads have taken a firm stand against
employing workmen who drink whisky, and
it is time that all took the same ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
SHERMAN AND LOGAN.

General Sherman has given out for publica-
ton a correspondence which occurred between
him and General Logan In February, 1883,
and which clears up some points in their per-
sonal relations. AT banquet given to Gen.
Sherman on the 9Th of that month in Wash
ington, in anticipation Of his retirement from
the active command of the army General
Logan responded to the toast of ''The Vol
unteer Soldier" In his remarks he paid an
eloquent tribute to Sherman, and spoke of
him in terms not only Of the highest admira-
ton, but of the warmest affection. Sherman
was touched by the tribute, and few days
afterward wrote long letter to Logan, in
which, after thanking him for his speech at
the banquet, he referred to passage in his
(Sherman's) memoirs, in which he gave the
reasons for recommending General Howard as
commander of the Army of the Tennessee,
when, by the ordinary rules of the
service, the choice should have fallen
on Logan. The passage was always construed
by General Logan and his friends as unjust
to him, and placing him in the light Of ia
political general" The substance of General
Sherman's explanation is that ct did trouble
me to have my corps commanders serving two
distinct causes, one military and the other
civil, and this did influence me when I was
forced to make choice Of an army commander
to succeed Mcpherson. This is all I record
in my memoirs it was so, and cannot &. lend
them" But he warmly disclaims any idea of
disraraging Logan as soldier He saws:
Throughout the war 1 know of no single
mans career more complete than yours" and
again, eff you will point out to me page OF
line where / can better portray Your fighting
qualities, your personal courage and magnifi-
cent example in actual combat, will be most
happy to add to or correct the Memoirs. >.
Concluding, General Sherman said:
MY course is run, az. for better or worse
/ cannot amend it. but il ever in your future
YOU want a witness to your intense zeal and
patriotism, your heroic personal qualities, YOU
may safely call on me as long as | live. /
surely have watched with pride and interest
your career in the United States Senate, and
will be your advocate if you aim at higher
honors.'
General Logan's reply to this letter was
couched in very friendly and gentle terms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
In it he explained his connection with politics
during the war as follows:

In it he explained his connection with politics
during the war as follows:
Il refused a nomination in my own State
for very high position for the reason that
would not have anything to do with parties
while the war should last In 1868, when
went home to canvass in Illinois, and to help
in Ohio. General Grant was fully advised, and
knows that although had to make applica-
ton for leave Of absence, I did not do it of
my own volition, but at the request of those
high IN authority. So, when I left on leave,
after the Atlanta campaign, to canvass for Mr..
Lincoln, did it at the special and private re-
quest of the then President This kept to
myself, and have never made it public. nor do
propose to do so now, but feel that may in
confidence say this to you, that you may see
what prompted my action in the premises.
have borne, for this reason, whatever may
have suffered by way of criticism, rather than
turn criticism on the dead"
This closed the correspondence, which, in
temper and tone, was highly honorable to
both parties. In conclusion General Sher-
man says: Il now, with reverence for his
memory, admiration for his heroism in bat
tie. and love for the man, hereby ratify and
confirm every word of his letter of Feb. Is,
1885," He adds that after this CORE
spondence they maintained the warmest
friendship until General Logan's death, and
that for himself he had always expressed a
wish that Logan, the strongest type of the
volunteer soldier, might become the President
of the United States"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MR. LABoUCHERE says that Princess Beatrice's
baby 'is no more prince than any little brat in
the street
Pope LEO XIII has appointed Mgr. Racine.
Bishop of Sherbrooke, Canada as assistant at
the pontifical throne
ANDREW CARNEGIE says the "Scotch CASTLE
which he is to build near Cresson, Pa will De
simply stone house with modern conveniences
SOMEBODY has discovered that Oliver Gold
smiths grave and monument are in sad state of
neglect. His fame, however is very we'll pre-
served.
WILLIAM H. RlDEISa, the editor of the
Youths Companion is to be married to the
daughter of f. c. Backus, financial editor of the
Boston Herald.
THE late John S. Newberry, Of Detroit. re-
Gently gave SIG, coo to the Detroit Art Museum,
and. with James Mcmillan 800 900 for the es-
tablishment Of a free homeopathic hospital.
81 WISH said Col Robert G. Ingerscll, that
somebody would invent telephone over which
you could administer kick to a man. There
would be great satisfaction in such an instru-
ment."
GENERAL SHERMAN Gays that. from a military
point of view, the siege and capture of vicks-
burg were probably of more importance than the
battle of Gettysburg This is contrary to gen.
eral opinion on the subject
Mrs. GEORGE SAGE, Of Harlan, Ia, is reported
to have travelled $4,000 miles in pursuit of her
husband, who last fall off with the hired girl
She doesn't care particularly for the man but
she has nothing else to do and is fond Of travel.
MERE accident has brought to light at Rats
bon statue of a woman which is said to be in
almost every detail a replica of the Venus de
Medici in the Tribune of the Ufizi at Florence
1t is of Carrara marble, and the head is un-
fortunately wanting.
WHEN the comedian Crane took his little son,
Stuart Robson Crane, out for a walk, the other
day, in Cincinnati. the younester led the way 10
an apple stand near the hotel, and introdu ced
Mr. Crane to tine proprietor by saying: Mister,
zis is father of mine"
tiful roses to DR.. Holmes on Christmas received
from him this characteristic note: "Many
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
REVOLUTION AND REvoLUT1oNIsTs.

No civilized community ever witnessed so
disgraceful proceeding as yesterdays revo-
lutionary episode in the State Senate. In
Mexico, or in some half-civilized state, such a
coup de force might have been expected, and
it might have been looked for to come in some
such brutal and indecent manner. But no.
where where civilization has risen above that
of the low browed races could the scene have
been paralleled. No other people but body
of Indiana Democrats could or would have per-
petrated it. 1t was the work Of men who are
the fit colleagues and successors, if not them
selves actual participants with them, of those
who sche,ned and plotted in midnight lodges of
Sons of Liberty and Knights f..the Golden Cir
Gle, tooverthrow the government; who murdered
enrolling officers, shot down federal soldiers
engaged in high patriotic duty; who plotted to
release rebel prisoners at Camp Morton, to
assassinate the Governor of the State, to burn
the houses OF loyal men in indianapolis, and to
turn the State Of Indiana over to the Southern
Ses'ASey. AhS nien VIM PAoetou .ho III
famous gerrymander, whereby the people
were to be DISTINGUISHED, were the men who
plotted treason to the State and national gov
ernments, and who proposed to lnake Indiana
q member of jeff Davis's Southern Con-
federacy. The men who plotted the revolu-
tionary action in yesterdays Senate were
the men who, in midnight caSal, plotted
to overturn the federal government,
and to put the State of Indiana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

THE London alderman lying in tho hospital
with broken leg said he did not mind the
fracture so much, but the idea of being run
over by nightcart hurt him. This family
expresses the feeling of the Republican Sen
ators yesterday. They did not mind the fact
of the organization of the body, for they en-
pected that; but the insolent, brutal, clownish
manner of the chief tool of the political burg
lars and oflice-stealers was unbearable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

SAYS the National Republican, in moment
of enthusiasm reused by reading Editor Grady's
speech:
in the new South one voter has as much
influence in national affairs as two voters in
the old-fogy North. That's progress"
If this is the case, it is an immense reform
upon the old South of last year. In South
Carolina, for instance. one vote counted for
at least seven hundred of the honest ballots in
the "old-fcgy North" The new South can't
come upon the stage any too soon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

THE House spent some time yesterday in
determining the method of how their daily
prayers should be conducted. This is an i'm.
portant matter. But the scriptural injunction
is to watch and pray Watching comes
first, and with such an INSCRIPTIONS and rev.
dictionary enemy as the Democracy in front
of them, the primal Importance of watching is
intensified. But there should be praying as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

YESTERDAYS brutality on the part of the
Democratic majority in the Senate was en-
tirely unnecessary. If the Senate had been
organized lawfully by the Auditor of State,
the presiding officer by regular ballot, as
they finally concluded to do by resolution.
This display of brute force was useless, but
it was probably unavodable for the Demo
cratic majority, we presume, are built that
,wav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

THERE is not an honest Democrat in the
State but will say that the organization Of
the Senate yesterday was illegal and revo-
lutionary Yet every Democrat in the body
participated in it, and all the Democrats on
the floor and in the galleries applauded tho
antics Of the Jennings county buffoon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

THE talk about taking the lieutenant-gov-
ernorship question to the courts is folly.
When q burglar breaks into your house and
steals your property, he would be quite willing
to make up an agreed case and submit it to
the courts. The first duty is to throw the
thief neck and crop out of the house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

SPEAKING of chicken shows, farmers clubs in
Now York are uniting in an effort to have eggs
sold by weight instead of by count The argu-
ment is that the weight varies greatly, and that
breeders have no incentive to raise the breeds
of fowls which supply the heavy eggs, while
smaller ones Of poorer quality sell for the same
price per dozen. 1t used to be said that "eggs is
eggs" but now it appears that one egg may be as
good as two
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

IF John c. Nelson had been elected Lieu
tenant governor last November does anybody
suppose Green Smith would have disputed his
claim to the office? OF course not, nor would
any other Democrat Smiths claim is an
afterthought.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

A REPORT on the system of codwave warn
ings has just been made by the officer who con
ducts that branch of the weather service at
Washington One of his conclusions is that
cold waves most numerous and most severe
in the winter months. That is the general opin-
inion in non scientific circles out this way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

AUDITOR RICE has borne high reputation
as< careful, law abiding, Efficient officer but
his action yesterday utterly without war
rant Of law, and he suffered himself, for sup
posed party necessity oradvantage, to fragrant
ly violate the letter and spirit of the statute
governing the organization of the State SEN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

CONGRESSMAN FARQUHAR, of New York,
opposes the confirmation of Public Printer
Benedic. on the ground that be is disqualified
for the position by reason Of not being a
Nzssd workman, as required by the statute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

The Democratic party in Indiana is laying
up wrath against the day of wrath. The peo-
pie have been long suffering and slow to anger,
but they are more than tired of the rascally
doings of the Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND is going to
retire and live o secluded life. There is no
need of haste, however, i'll sending congratu-
Iatory messages to the President Mr.. Gar
land will retire at the close Of his present
term of office-so he says.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

IT is dead give away" for those newspaper
writer's who are rejoicing over the prospect that
the Andover theological controversy will be set
tied so as to allow second probation. These
gentlemen hardly forget that by the doc
trine in question the second chance is afforded
only to the most benighted heather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

IT would have been quite as proper to have
read PRAYERS at bear bait or in rat pit as
in the Senate yesterday, at a time when Green
Smith was dancing upon the law in the man.
ner of q Comanche clown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

Mr.. Potter Was . Comanche, or Digger, or .
dimemuseum attraction but such was not the
case. He was merely a tobogganer in costume,
and was enjoying himself with other swells at
Tuxedo. the winter resort of New York dude
dom. The public, with this picture before them.
will no longer wonder that Mrs. j. B. P. wants
to go on the stage, where life is less spectacular
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

WHEN burglar breaks into your house you
DO not take down the Bible, read chapter,
and have family prapers with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

A RESOLUTION spread upon the records of
the Senate, yesterday, refers to Honorable
Alonzo G. Smith Heaven save the mark!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

ABOUT one more general election in the
State will settle the Democracy for good and
all. The people only want another whack at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

ONLY one thing more is necessary to give Mrs
James Brown Potter national reputation. Let
her prove her authorship of ''Oh, the s-w, the
b-t-f-l s-w"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
Not Built in That Way.

Michigan City Dispatch.
Sammy Perkins is said to be q great martyr.
We know Sammy exceedingly we'll but he was
never built for martyr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

THE doors of the Senate chamber were
yesterday guarded by Metropolitan police
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

Members Of the General assembly acontipg The journal
during the regular session should leave their Subscriptions
i,h d1eions they desire to receire the Paper
al the Journal Counting room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

WILL the people be content to have theil
right of self-goyernment stolen from themg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

T2LGro#ssnors message will be delivered
shis morning at half past 10 o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
Doesn't Reach.

Boston Transcript
Charity, they say, covers o multitude Of sins:
but there is not nearly enough Of 1t to 60 round
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

A YOUNG woman in Chicago has notified the
public that che will eat two quails a day for
thirty consecutive days on wager of $1,000.
She does not propose to put up any money her
self, but will put up her mouth against that
sum. If she should succeed in demonstrating
that woman eat twice many quails as
man in a given time she will deserve the graft
tude of her sex for discovering a new avenue of
employment for women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

TIE Evansville Courier, at the close Of a long
article replying to the Sentinels attack upon the
Supreme Court says:
Nothing is more certain than that the Demo-
Gratis will lose the Senator if the Sentneis crazy
tered upon Is one in which the Democrats must
employ skill, adroisness, address, saeacity, and.
in the last resort cool audacity. If the Demo
cratic members of the Senate and House 60 into
the fight hot headed and raving over grievances,
real and imaginary with frothing mouths and
bullying threats they will be beaten out of sight,
and ought to be beaten, first, for losing their
wits along with their temper, and second for
the silly assumption that Indiana Republicans
are any less courageous than Indiana Democrats.
The Sentinel's advice, if followed, will not only
bring sure defeat to the Democrats, but afford
sufficient justification for the accomplishment Of
any retaliatory wrong the Republicans may
have in contemplation
s.The only power that either party has to fear
in this case is public opinion. We 60 so far AS
to say that it is moro desirable, from every
point of view, to come out OF this contest minus
Senator with the approval of the public con-
science, than to capture the Senator at the sac
rifce of popular approval What the Democrat
ic and Republican masses demand is, that the
contest shall proceed decorously. and be decided
justly, and any plans or schemes of the 'poiti-
cal managers Of either party requiring the vio-
lation of law the arbitrary exercise of power,
that may be carried out will result in the over
whelming and deserved defeat at the next State
election Of the party in whose interest they we're
employed
ments of both parties to step to the rear, where
| they would hurry fast enough if serious trouble
should come.
Gentlemen and men of honor to the frontm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

A GEORGIA college girl walked out upon the
stage at an entertainment the other evening for
the purpose of delivering recitation, and al
though she could see clearly and was apparently
in good health, she stopped, put her hands to her
eyes and was led away totally blind. No partic
ulars given as to the character of the recita-
ton the young woman meant to give, but there
is reason to believe that it was either "Curfew
Must Not Ring Tonight or "Bingen the
Rhine" Only visitation of Providence can
suppress these Evolutionary chestnuts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07
WASHINGTON special to the Memphis Ava

lanche says:
'"The Indiana senatorial fight which is watched
here with considerable interest, seems to be
growing very hot The possible result seems to
hinge upon the eligibility of an ex-Tennessee
voter, by name Mckay. He voted for the can
didate for the Representative to the Legislature
in Shelbyvile Tenn, in 1884. although he in
sisted that he was not citizen and had no right
to do So but by persuasion he cast the vote for
personal reasons On these grounds the Demo
Gratis have attempted to prove his ineligibility to
be the Representative of that State: but the
evidence shows that while he cast this vote,
which was accepted by the election officers, he
did it under protest that he was citizen of In
diana, and had no right to vote there"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-07

Telephone Calls.
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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-09

The editor of the Blue Grass Clipper
has recently been visiting among the
Kansas kickapoos and taking In the mis-.
cries OF Missouri, and here is the advice
he gives his people upon his return
1--WE would advise the young men of
Kentucky 10 stay Mt home and apply
themselves with diligence to the devel.
opment of their State, so rich in resour-
ces aud susceptible of all the rustic that
they can apply to it. BY this means
they may profit by Kentucky's progress.
The experience of Missourians should
he a lesson to Kentuckians. They were
plodders---careless of their surroundings
and it was not until Eastern capitalists
had rushed in upon. themand made for
tunes at their, doors, that they realized
their possibilities aud the extent of their
short.sightedness for previous years. 1t
Is notable fact that very few Missouri
ans were borne on the tide to fortune by
the boom and growth of Kansas City.
Let Kentuckians stay at home, shake the
mountains for their wealth, and the re-
ward win be sure, ample, and with the
people TO whom it should belong" iu